This book would have
an enormous impact on me, even though I never used the rules presented within
its pages. Oh, I tried, but I failed miserably. The problem was that I had the
rules for campaigns but not the rules for actually fighting the battles!
Therefore, I was totally confused how to go about it. When I was about 13, I
used a big piece of poster board to create a map of the coast of Saxon England
for Viking raids, akin to what Featherstone did in his book. I used Legos as
markers but I just did not know how to run combats! So my first attempt at
miniature wargaming died aborning. Instead, I remained a board gamer, until a
newfangled game called Dungeons and
Dragons lured me in.
Nevertheless, I found War
Game Campaigns to be inspirational. Again and again, I eagerly read his
battle reports and found myself wanting grand campaigns with miniature soldiers
fighting it out over simulated terrain. I would eventually take up miniature
gaming, but that is a story for another day.
P.S. Eventually, my Dad gave me his copy of War Game Campaigns, which I still have,
and still read, from time to time.
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